Building a Conroe based system for college

[Nooblie_One]

I'm hoping to be able to build a conroe based system in time for college, (aug 30) already have the parts list, but i would like some advice/recomendations

CPU: Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66Ghz 4mb? L2 cache
(Probably moderate overclocking)
Memory: Corsair XMS2 2Gb DDR2 800
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145034
Motherboard: Asus P5W DH Deluxe
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131025
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 500Gb
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822136014
Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream 600W
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817341001
Video Card: Sapphire Ati Radeon 1900XTX (considered
Crossfire, but with the arrival of DirectX 10, wait and see...)
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102672
Sound Card: X-fi Platinum
Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16829102190

Plus case (Gigabyte 3D Aurora), Zalman fans for CPU(CNPS9500 LED) and Vid Card (VF900), Optical drives, os, etc.
*(Just made some corrections/changes)

 

[The_Prophecy]

Swap that power supply with a 500W supply.... 700W is totally overkill. And for the record, the Core 2 Duo chip you're thinking of is the E6700. You won't need an aftermarket heatsink for the E6700 unless you're planning on doing a lot of overclocking.

Swap that video card for this Sapphire Radeon X1900XT. The XT is exact same card as the XTX with slightly lower clocks.

 

[Akifuddin]

Some people would rather get the E6600 with 4MB L2 Cache instead. Also, I'd rather get this RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145034 or this RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145589
which are Corsair instead of that Mushkin RAM. And some people would rather get a 7950X2 video card for about $50 more but the X1900XTX 512MB is pretty crazy. But it's also really expensive, some people would get a 7900GT instead and get a better CPU. Other than that, the system is just fine.

 

[mulciber]

looks good.

for OS wait until you actually go to college.
Microsoft makes deals with many schools to sell windows for discount rates (generally $10 - 40) in a school library. Of course you have to sign a contract... if I remember something about agreeing not to buy commercial linux :roll:. Or maybe it was the school isnt allowed to also sell commercial linux...

 

[kizuki]

600W should be good. I think 500 is a bit on the edge.